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A History of the County of Oxford
… creation of the park, the procurement of hunting rights in Chase woods, and the upkeep of manorial buildings, no less … by the early 19th century. 350 A Whitsuntide hunt in the Chase woods and Wychwood Forest, joined by inhabitants of … a pack of harriers and 'almost everyone in the town' to Chase Green in Crawley, where the horns were ritually broken, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the vale of Trent on the east, and the lofty hills of Cannock Chase on the south and west. The Hall has a stately front …
The Environs of London
… afterwards to Richard Dawson, Esq., ob. 1736; Robert Chase, 1774; Frances, his wife, (daughter of John Lingard, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the bounds of the Forest of Dean, which embraced Tidenham Chase, 13 and in 1170 receipts from forest pleas included 6 … its tenants had been granted pasture rights in Tidenham Chase in 1223, 19 and payments for pannage were made by … were enjoyed in Woolaston Wood and claimed in Tidenham Chase in the 16th and 17th centuries, although the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The account printed here relates to the area that … Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck of land extending to the steep … presumably included in the assart of 200 a. in Tidenham Chase, made by Tintern Abbey by 1282, for that clearance can …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… new assarts (of which only 150 a. were cultivated) in the chase of the Earl Marshal made by the abbey before 1282, 34 … presumably for assarts or rights of common in Tidenham Chase. 40 It was included in the grant to Henry Somerset, … MADGETT forming a detached part of the parish on Tidenham Chase also belonged to Brictric before the Conquest. It …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyrley, Great WYRLEY, GREAT, a township, in the parish of Cannock, union of Penkridge, E. division of the hundred of … employing the population around. The road from Walsall to Cannock passes through the village, which is long, and … purchased from the Independents, was opened in 1843. See Cannock. Wyrley, Little WYRLEY, LITTLE, a township, in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The village was nearly all burnt down in 1813. Yardley Chase is 10 miles in circumference. A fair is held on …